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Chennai, Aug 25 : Both PBG Bengaluru Smashers and Puneri Paltan Table Tennis will look to continue their winning ways when they meet in Ultimate Table Tennis 2024 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium on Monday. The teams won their first ties against Chennai Lions and Ahmedabad SG Pipers, courtesy of giant-killing efforts by Jeet Chandra and Ayhika Mukherjee. |
25-Aug-2024 |
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New Delhi, Aug 25 : England pacer Mark Wood has been ruled out of the remainder of ongoing Test series against Sri Lanka after suffering a right thigh muscle strain. The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has named Leicestershire left-arm fast-bowler Josh Hull as his replacement. |
25-Aug-2024 |
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Bhopal, Aug 11 : Indian men's hockey team midfielder Vivek Sagar Prasad received a rousing reception in his hometown in Madhya Pradesh on Sunday, following the team's historic bronze medal victory at the Paris Olympics. |
11-Aug-2024 |
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Paris, Aug 11 : Abhinav Bindra, India's first individual gold medallist in the Olympics, on Saturday, said it's 'gut-wrenching' for Vinesh Phogat as she waits for a verdict in her case against her disqualification from the final of the women's 50 kg wrestling at the Paris Olympics. |
11-Aug-2024 |
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New Delhi, Aug 11 : Fulham and West Ham United, two clubs that have been making a flurry of signings ahead of the new Premier League season, ended their pre-season campaigns in style registering victories heading into the opening day weekend. |
11-Aug-2024 |
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Paris, Aug 11 : Abhinav Bindra, who was awarded the prestigious Olympic Order by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) at the 142nd IOC Session on Saturday, has applauded the Indian contingent for its "spirited performance" at the Paris Olympics. |
11-Aug-2024 |
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Paris, Aug 11 : International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has announced that he will not seek to remain in charge for a third term after his present tenure ends in 2025. Bach informed of his decision on the concluding day of the 142nd IOC Session on the sidelines of the Paris Olympics on Saturday. |
11-Aug-2024 |
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New Delhi, Aug 10 : The Indian men’s hockey team returned from the Paris Olympics campaign filled with new records, with a bronze medal on Saturday. The 16-member squad, which boasted 11 members from the bronze-winning team in the Tokyo Olympics, created history by winning back-to-back medals for the first time since the 1972 Olympics in Munich. |
10-Aug-2024 |
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Paris, Aug 9 : The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) on Friday announced the nomination of hockey goalkeeper PR Sreejesh as the joint flagbearer with pistol shooter Manu Bhaker at the closing ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. |
09-Aug-2024 |
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Paris, Aug 9 : Wrestler Vinesh Phogat’s appeal to be awarded the silver medal in the Women’s Wrestling 50kg competition in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games will be represented by renowned senior counsels Harish Salve and Vidushpat Singhania before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ad-hoc division at 2 pm (local time). |
09-Aug-2024 |
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New Delhi, Aug 9 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised star athlete Neeraj Chopra for winning a silver medal in the men's javelin throw event in Paris on Thursday night and becoming the third Indian to claim medals in back-to-back Olympics. |
09-Aug-2024 |
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Paris, Aug 9 : Neeraj Chopra's hopes of winning a second successive gold medal to add to his first from Tokyo failed to materialise and the Indian had to be satisfied with a silver medal in the men's javelin throw final in the Paris Olympics on Thursday night. |
09-Aug-2024 |
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New Delhi, Aug 9 : Hockey India has announced a cash prize of Rs 15 lakh for each player of the Indian men's team and Rs 7.5 lakh for each member of the support staff after the team clinched a bronze medal in the Paris Olympics on Thursday. The team secured a historic bronze medal, defeating Spain 2-1, marking their second consecutive Olympic medal, an achievement last accomplished 52 years ago. |
09-Aug-2024 |
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Paris, Aug 8 : India's lone male wrestler in the 2024 Games, Aman Sehrawat progressed to the men's 57kg freestyle wrestling semifinal after beating 2022 world champion Albania's Zelimkhan Abakarov via technical superiority (12-0) at the Paris Olympics, here on Thursday. |
08-Aug-2024 |
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New Delhi, Aug 8 : Legendary Australia cricketer Ricky Ponting has paid a heartfelt tribute to former England batter and coach Graham Thorpe, who passed away earlier this week at the age of 55 due to a long-standing illness. |
08-Aug-2024 |
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Paris, Aug 8 : Indian Olympic Association (IOA) refuted media reports of imposing ban on wrestler Antim Panghal following a disciplinary breach in the Paris Olympics on Wednesday. |
08-Aug-2024 |
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New Delhi, Aug 8 : Indian star wrestler Vinesh Phogat said "Alvida" to wrestling following her heartbreaking disqualification from the Paris Olympics. |
07-Aug-2024 |
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Paris, Aug 7 : The Indian men's hockey team played its heart out but went down 2-3 to World Champion Germany in the second semifinal at the Paris Olympic Games here on Tuesday, the players falling onto the turf with tears in their eyes. India’s hunt for their first gold medal in 44 years came to a heartbreaking end as Shamsher Singh shot over the crossbar with what was the last hit of the day, missing the equaliser by inches. India were hoping to reach the final for the first time since the 1980 Games in Moscow. |
06-Aug-2024 |
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Paris, Aug 7 : Vinesh Phogat reached where no Indian woman wrestler has ever done, storming into the final of the 50 kg freestyle event at the Paris Olympics with a resounding 5-0 win by points over Cuba's Yusneylys Guzman in the semifinal here on Tuesday. |
06-Aug-2024 |
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Paris, Aug 7 : Tokyo 2020 bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain crashed out of the Paris Olympics after losing to China’s Li Qian in the women's 75kg quarterfinal at North Paris Arena on Sunday. With Lovlina's 1-4 split result, India failed to win any medals in boxing events in Paris. Following her loss, Lovlina spoke to IANS and expressed her disappointment for not being able to recreate her heroics from the previous edition. |
06-Aug-2024 |
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Paris, Aug 7 : Indian boxer Nishant Dev expressed his disappointment after losing the men's 71kg quarterfinal match in the Paris Olympics against Mexico's Marco Verde Alvarez 1-4 despite fighting strongly throughout the clash. Nishant's debut Olympic campaign ended on Sunday after judges declared the Mexican winner. The Indian boxer performed better than his opponent in the first two rounds while the last round was evenly contested. |
06-Aug-2024 |
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06-Aug-2024 |
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London, Aug 6 : West Ham United have announced the signing of German international centre-forward Niclas Fullkrug. The prolific striker joins the Hammers from Borussia Dortmund on a four-year contract for a reported fee of close to 27 million Euros. |
06-Aug-2024 |
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Paris, Aug 6 : Holding Denmark's national flag over his head, Viktor Axelsen celebrated his victory after retaining his Olympics men's singles title in the badminton competition at the Paris 2024 on Monday. Axelsen, the only non-Asian badminton medallist at the Games, defeated Thailand's Kunlavut Vitidsarn 21-11, 21-11 in the final. |
06-Aug-2024 |
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Marseille (France), Aug 6 : Spain have assured the country of a medal in the men’s football event as the 2020 silver medallists completed a dramatic comeback against Morocco, winning 2-1 in the semifinals of the tournament at Stade de Marseille here on Monday. Both teams were quite even on the field with Morocco taking more shots than Spain (18-16) and both sides also sharing possession 48-52% in favour of the Spaniards. |
06-Aug-2024 |
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Paris, Aug 6 : India's wrestler Nisha Dahiya lost to North Korea's Sol Gum Pak 10-8 in the women’s freestyle 68 kg quarterfinal match at Champ-de-Mars Arena in the Paris Olympics on Monday. Nisha led the first round with a score of 4-0 and extended her lead to 8-1 before dislocating her finger. The Indian grappler was in much pain and the match was even stopped more than twice to give her medical attention on the mat. |
06-Aug-2024 |
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Colombo, Aug 4 : Sri Lanka spinner Wanindu Hasaranga will miss the remainder of the One-day International series against India as he has suffered an injury to his left hamstring. Hasaranga experienced pain in his left hamstring while delivering the last ball of his 10th over during the first ODI. An MRI performed on the player, following this, confirmed the injury. |
03-Aug-2024 |
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Paris, Aug 4 : Nishant Dev was eliminated by Marco Verde by judges' decision 1-4 in favour of the Mexican in the quarterfinals of the Men’s 71 kg bout in the boxing competition of the 33rd Olympic Games here on Saturday (local time). |
03-Aug-2024 |
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London, Aug 4 : Fulham have announced the signing of Jorge Cuenca from Villarreal for an undisclosed fee. The defender has agreed a four-year deal, keeping him at Craven Cottage until the summer of 2028, with a Club option to extend by a further year. Cuenca, 24, primarily operates as a left-sided centre-half but has also lined up at left-back on numerous occasions for Villarreal. |
03-Aug-2024 |
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New Delhi, Aug 1 : The National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) has conducted a session on anti-doping education program for women and men cricketers at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru on Thursday. |
01-Aug-2024 |
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New Delhi, Aug 1 : Whether to have a mega auction for ahead of the upcoming season was the major point of contention in the meeting between the Board of Control for Cricket in India and the 10 franchises of the Indian Premier League (IPL). The meeting of the IPL teams’ owners with the BCCI at the latter’s headquarters in Mumbai on Wednesday night was inconclusive and with no consensus emerging on the matter. |
01-Aug-2024 |
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Paris, Aug 1 : Manika Batra’s dream run in the Paris Olympics has reached its end as India’s first-ever woman to reach the Round of 16 was defeated in the pre-quarterfinal in five games (4-1) by Japan’s Miu Hirano. Despite losing four games, Manika did not seem to be struggling in the game and started in a solid fashion, taking the lead but going on to falter toward the business end of the game. She addressed the leads that were negated by the Japanese and said ‘that really hurt.’ |
01-Aug-2024 |
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Paris, Aug 1 : German tennis player Angelique Kerber’s playing career has ended with a defeat to China’s Qinwen Zheng in the 2024 Paris Olympics women’s singles quarterfinals at Court Philippe-Chartier. In the men's section, Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz, who battled in the Wimbledon final recently, continued their quest as they reached the quarterfinals on Wednesday. |
01-Aug-2024 |
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New Delhi, Aug 1 : Former India cricketer and coach Anshuman Gaekwad passed away at the age of 71 on Wednesday night after losing a battle with blood cancer. Gaekwad played 40 Tests and 15 ODIs for India from 1975 to 1987, apart from playing 206 first-class games for Baroda. |
01-Aug-2024 |
